...Cooper, the American author, in his late work on the Democracy of America, thus accounts for it : " The tendency of democracies is in all things to mediocrity,...literature, the arts, architecture, and in all acquired knowledge, a tendency in America to gravitate towards the common centre in this as in other things,...

...Cooper, the American author, in his late work on the Democracy of America, thus accounts for it : — " The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to...qualities of a nation, renders the introduction of a liigh standard difficult. Thus do we find in literature, the arts, architecture, and in all acquired...

...of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity, since the tastes, knowledge and principles of 248 the majority form the tribunal of appeal. This circumstance,...literature, the arts, architecture and in all acquired knowledge, a tendency in America to gravitate toward a common centre in this as in other things; lending...

...for America, taking all its elements together, is synonymous with vulgarity. Cooper, in 1838, wrote: The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to...mediocrity, since the tastes, knowledge and principles of 248 the majority form the tribunal of appeal. This circumstance, while it certainly serves to elevate...

...America, taking all its elements together, is synonymous with vulgarity. Cooper, in 1838, wrote: \ The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to...literature, the arts, architecture and in all acquired knowledge, a tendency in America to gravitate toward a common centre in this as in other things; lending...

...for America, taking all its elements together, is synonymous with vulgarity. Cooper, in 1838, wrote: The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to...the tribunal of appeal. This circumstance, while it cer- / tainly serves to elevate the average qualities of a nation, V renders the introduction of a...

...for America, taking all its elements together, is synonymous with vulgarity. Cooper, in 1838, wrote: The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to...average qualities of a nation, renders the introduction oT a high standard difficult. Thus do we find in literature, the arts, architecture and in all acquired...

...for America, taking all its elements together, is synonymous with vulgarity. Cooper, in 1838, wrote: The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity, since the tistes, knowledge and principles of the majority form the tribunal of appeal. This circumstance, while...

...tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity," Cooper claims in The American Democrat, "since the tastes, knowledge and principles of the majority form the tribunal of appeal." As a result, "we find in literature, the arts, architecture and all acquired knowledge, a tendency...

...that this evil, while it ought properly to be enumerated as one of the disadvantages of the system, is more than counterbalanced by the main results, even...literature, the arts, architecture and in all acquired knowledge, a tendency in America to gravitate towards the common center in this, as in other things;...